Globinar GC Dhaka: Women In Global Leadership
Globinar GC Dhaka: Women In Global Leadership
April 6th 22, 2020 at 8pm Dhaka (7am PT / 8am MT / 9am CT / 10am ET / 3pm London)
Theme: Women Who 'Choose to Challenge'
Our "Women in Global Leadership" signature events began 5 years ago in the early days of Global Chamber®. The objective of the program is to hear from leaders who have been fostering diverse working environments in order to achieve success in their respective professional fields.
Held within a month of the International Women’s Day 2021, this event shall honor the slogan of the aforementioned occasion with the ‘choose to challenge’. This Globinar holds special significance for those women leaders who ‘choose to challenge’ the norms of their respective working environments and demonstrate exemplary leadership, professionalism and dynamism. These women leaders have challenged what was possible and broken boundaries every day in the workplace and beyond.
Participants will gather insights into hurdles and prospects of these successful female professionals. They will have the opportunity to use these insights to make more progress in their careers, organizations and circle of influence.
Join today and choose to challenge!
Distinguished Speakers
- Barrister Tania Amir - Managing Partner, Amir & Amir Law Associates
- Zara Mahbub - Country Director & CEO, Kazi IT Center Ltd
- La Juana (LJ) Chambers Lawson - Owner, CIO & Principal Consultant at Tacit Growth Strategies & Best Selling Author·
- Katie Keith - Executive Director, Global Chamber London
- Rudmeela Nawsheen - Founder and CEO at ConfigVR & ConfigRbot
- Barrister Nawmi Naz Chowdhury - Programme Manager at the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)
Biographies
Barrister Tania Amir - Managing Partner, Amir & Amir Law Associates. Ms. Tania Amir L.L.B. Honours, U.K. Barrister-at-Law, called to the English Bar in 1990-91, from Gray's Inn; practiced in the U.K. in the early years of her career. Currently a senior advocate of the Supreme Court, Bangladesh and a partner of AMIR & AMIR LAW ASSOCIATES. Her law firm is ranked as one of the top most law firms in Bangladesh and enjoys prestigious association with other independent law firms globally, spreading across more than 100 countries. Consequently, as a Partner of Amir & Amir Law Associates, she is able to provide ‘seamless-service’ for clients across the globe, especially in respect of cross-border transaction and enjoys the facilities of ‘actual /virtual’ offices in all those jurisdictions through the support of the prestigious independent local law firm(s) in other jurisdictions. Consequently, she travels extensively with strong links to U.K and Singapore, both jurisdictions with similar common law background as in Bangladesh. Her practice covers a wide range from General practice area, ranging from Constitutional Law to Corporate/Commercial, Banking/Finance, Intellectual Property, Cross border transactions, International Arbitration and other forms of ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’ (ADR) as her ‘core’ practice area. Her international practice includes advising foreign investors, Infrastructure project management, OPIC, IFC, Turnkey Projects, International Finance and Banking, Commercial and International Arbitrations and other methods of alternative dispute resolution. Barrister Tania Amir has acted as a Consultant to the World Bank, and acted for UN, WHO, Bangladesh Bank, Security & Exchange Commission, Dhaka Stock Exchange, Regulatory Reform initiatives in the power and energy sector. She is a trainer and resource person at the Legal Education & Training Institute (LETI), Bangladesh Bar Council, conduct training programs on human rights and gender issues for the Bar Vocational Course, Continuing Legal Education Program (CLEP). She has served as the immediate past Secretary General of SAARCLAW and continues to be an Executive Member of SAARCLAW. She also served as an elected member of the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Bar Council, having been elected from across all the local Bar Associations of Bangladesh. Currently she holds the posts of Executive Director of ‘Law & Society Trust’. Chairperson of PRIP Trust. Barrister Tania Amir has received many awards in recognition for her performance and service to society which include ‘Women of the year’ award, ‘Defender of Human Rights’ award, ‘Begum Rokeya’ Award, ‘Professional women’s award in the legal sector, ‘Consumer Rights’ Award and Mother Teresa Award, among others
Zara Mahbub - Country Director & CEO, Kazi IT Center Ltd. With more than 25 years of experience in diversified fields that include Banking, RMG, Software Development, IT Consulting, Contract Manufacturing and even Fashion Modelling, Zara Jabeen Mahbub is an icon to aspiring women from every walk of life. She has a BBA from North South University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. She has worked with many companies, starting from XERP, INC./VISION MANUFACTURING, INC. She joined BRAC Bank as a Vice President and Head of Service Quality where for almost a decade she served as Head of Premium Banking, Head of Customer Experience and finally as Head of Communication and Executive Vice President. In addition to being the Country Director & CEO Head of Apex DMIT Ltd., Zara also chairs the board of Toru - an Innovation Hub that facilitates the transformation of game changing ideas into impactful solutions for greater social and economic inclusion. A mother of 3 highly active children, Zara is also the CIO (Chief Inspiration Officer) at Naveed’s Comedy Club, the first Stand Up Comedy Club in Bangladesh.
La Juana (LJ) Chambers Lawson - Owner, CIO & Principal Consultant at Tacit Growth Strategies & Best Selling Author. La Juana Chambers Lawson, also known as LJ for short, is a certified project management professional and lean six sigma green belt who has been recently seen in O, The Oprah Magazine, Entrepreneur, Forbes, SA Monthly and VoyageDallas. La Juana has served as the President and Board Chair of both the Alamo Project Management Institute and San Antonio, TX's very first African American digital archive and museum, the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum. La Juana has proudly served as an Advisor to Global Chamber San Antonio since 2019. In addition to being a university lecturer, founder and investor in several businesses throughout the USA, and best-selling author, LJ proudly serves as the Owner, Chief Innovation Officer, and Principal Consultant of Tacit Growth Strategies, an international business development PMO and premium authorized training partner of the Project Management Institute..png)
Katie Keith - Executive Director, Global Chamber London. As a Thought Leader with plus 20 years’ experience leading within the Institutional and Retail Banking space, Katie has extensive exposure to corporate leadership, business growth and change management strategies within the finance sector. As well as leading the way for Global Chamber London, Katie operates her bespoke Thought Leader Practice, working with Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Business owners around the globe as an Executive Coach and Mentor. Katie is passionate about working closely with her global community, utilising her business knowledge and skills she is focused on connecting decision makers in business on a global scale. Katie is on a genuine mission to influence positive change in the global business community through connectivity.
Rudmeela Nawsheen - Founder and CEO at ConfigVR & ConfigRbot. Rudmeela Nawsheen and her team are on the cutting edge of their industry. She is an electrical engineer and hardware/software developer. She started ConfigVR (AR/VR company) in 2016 with an eye on leveraging her experience for market share and growing the overall market. ConfigRbot is her second venture and explores the Robotics and AI market with the latest solutions. She is an inspiring woman tech entrepreneur and also serves as the Director of three other companies, Ranks ITT, Ranks Telecom Ltd, and Ranks Petroleum Ltd, (macro distributor for Shell Lubricant) in Bangladesh. She is a Bangladeshi American residing in San Jose, California. From an early age, Nawsheen’s focus was on engineering and entrepreneurship; She holds Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University and graduated summa cum laude for her Master of Science in Digital Communications and Multimedia. She has honed her technology and business skills for over 10 years in Silicon Valley, California. She launched ConfigRbot in the US and Bangladesh to take the Robotics industry to the next level. ConfigRbot also plans to have extended R&D and training program. Her goal is to promote business developments between the US and Bangladesh utilizing her global professional network. As founder and CEO, she oversees operation, finances, business development and client acquisition while her team focuses on product development. Her teams are based in the US, Europe, Australia and Bangladesh. She is also actively working with content acceleration and education industry. ConfigRbot also has robotics training center, consulting firm and builds customized robots. Alongside she is also involved in a media production company as head of the production. She is also working with different NGO's for skill development training for rural areas, underprivileged and handicapped youth in Bangladesh. She has also been honored as one of the 50 most inspiring Bangladeshi American in America.
Nawmi Naz Chowdhury - Programme Manager at ARROW (Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women). Nawmi Naz Chowdhury is a lawyer by training working on human rights issues since 2014 with advocacy experiences at the national, regional, and international level. She is currently a Programme Manager at ARROW where her work is focused on advancing the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls including those with disabilities and young people in all their diversity.
Moderators
Maimun Ur Rashid Mustafa is Executive Director for Global Chamber® Dhaka, one of our first three chapters in Bangladesh. Join us to reach new markets and discover new opportunities. Optimizing people, technology and processes, Maimun Mustafa is an entrepreneur who delivers simple solutions to complex problems. With 11+ years of marketing, branding and business development experience, Maimun has gained work competencies in sectors that include CSOs, Social Businesses, Media, Communications, Trade and Technology. Maimun believes he is successful in what he does by delivering the right information to investors; possibilities to business partners; motivation to colleagues; and the promise of uncompromising quality to end beneficiaries.
Susan Gitensteim Assadi has her own PR practice Gitenstein & Assadi PR focused on publicizing companies that change global and national policies and innovative companies leading trends. Her practice has worked with well known financial organizations, technology innovators, governance change makers and a variety of nonprofits. For her PR Practice she is seeking companies which have proven revenue, case studies, testimonials and are companies that change global and national policies and innovative companies leading trends. Susan is the Executive Director of Global Chamber NYC. For the Global Chamber she is seeking companies from India which are relocated to the US via New York and desire exposure and connectivity to companies that can help their expansion
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